"As I start out through the waves, they push back just enough to discourage those faint hearted enough to splash contently near the shore. For those with a bit more heart, the water deepens, and the ocean reaches onto beach where it begins to pull at your feet, hinting there is a greater opportunity beyond the breakers which were sent up to pound the shore and keep most at bay. Most will resist or simply don’t consider the current around their feet as the ocean’s invitation. They pause just beyond the breakers, where they begin to build, and spend the day splashing and playing alone or with their families in the gentle rolling waves. I imagine, as I make way past them, they will go home and believe in their heart they experienced the ocean, but a handful of us know they only visited the beach."-Jeremy Tidwell